Here's proof Bill Belichick chews out players for too much honesty with media

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is incredibly careful about what he says to the media and when. Occasionally guarded during press conferences, Belichick has made a habit of dodging important questions. He seems to expect players to follow after him.

“They select a couple captains to go and talk to the media before training camp starts,” Ninkovich told the radio show. “I thought everything was cool and that I hadn’t said anything wrong. But, one of the reporters asked me, ‘What was your biggest issue last year?’ and I said, ‘Third and long screens,’ because teams had converted on like eight 3rd and 20s on long screens.”

“He came up to me and was like, ‘Why don’t you just tell everybody what our biggest issue is? If that’s an issue, why say it? Let them try it and if we can’t stop them that’s our problem.’”

This is exactly what everyone expects Belichick does — but rarely do we get confirmation he’s actually doing it. That’s why so many Patriots are “just trying to get better every day” during training camp.